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    From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 22 23:52:42 2024
    This BBC obsession (maybe others too) with having a big red banner
    across the bottom of the screen on news coverage is really beginning to
    piss me off. It has for some time - I think I first became really
    irritated by it during the lockdown, when they always took far too long
    to turn it off during briefings. Now, I'm watching the lunar landing
    things online - a three view screen, coming from NASA (so they're not
    kidding anyone anyway: the banner reminds me of when they obscured
    TVAM's banner with their own for a Princess Diana something all those
    years ago); all the BBC red stripe does is a pretty good job of
    obscuring a large part of two of the views.
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    She didn't strike me as much of a reader. It's never a good sign if someone
    has a leaflet with a bookmark in it. - Sarah Millican in Rdio Times, 17-23 November 2012

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  • From Graham.@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 12 15:58:57 2024
    Its one of the reasons I don't watch BBC news.
    The banners appearance reminds me of this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGbdoQk9EIA

    The "whoosh" sound FX on Sky News at the edit points at the top
    of-the-hour summery (and elsewhere) are almost as annoying.

    I'd complain, but I suspect it would go over their head ;)

    Nothing new either, twenty years ago developing news stories on Sky
    News had a "breaking glass" sound FX.


    --
    Graham.
    %Profound_observation%

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  • From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to Graham. on Wed Jun 12 23:15:40 2024
    In message <[email protected]> at Wed, 12 Jun
    2024 15:58:57, Graham. <[email protected]> writes
    Its one of the reasons I don't watch BBC news.
    The banners appearance reminds me of this song >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGbdoQk9EIA

    You won't believe it: when I followed that link, there was an ad before
    the video - fair enough, I don't pay for YouTube, so accept the need for
    ad.s.

    But the ad. in this case was - a BBC trailer! (For something called
    Rebus, I think.)

    The "whoosh" sound FX on Sky News at the edit points at the top
    of-the-hour summery (and elsewhere) are almost as annoying.

    Not familiar with that one - I generally only go to Sky when BBC has got
    _too_ bad. (And if the reason is monostoryism, I often find the
    infection has spread to Sky anyway.)

    I'd complain, but I suspect it would go over their head ;)

    Nothing new either, twenty years ago developing news stories on Sky
    News had a "breaking glass" sound FX.


    One of the worst things about banners/trailers is they still show them
    when running late. Ad.s on commercial channels I'd just about tolerate - they've got to keep their payers happy - but trailers? And on the BBC?
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    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    "... four Oscars, and two further nominations ... On these criteria, he's Britain's most successful film director." Powell or Pressburger? no; Richard Attenborough? no; Nick Park!

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